Schleswig

SLESVIG, OF SLESWICK, (shles'vig,) a former ducal p. of Denmark, separated from Jutland on the N. by the Konge Aa and Kolding Fiord, and now forming part of the Pru ian p. Schleswig-Holstein, both these pro vs. having been ceded to Pru ia in 1867. United area, 6,818 sq. m. United Pop. 981,718.- SCHLESWIG, a seaport, C. of above united p., and former seat of govt. of the duchy of Schleswig, on the Sley, an inlet of the Baltic, 70 m. N.N.W. of Hamburg. Pop. 13,000. [s. 803]